Peter Neill

Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory and author of numerous books and essays on environmental and ocean issues. Peter Neill is an author and an editor on environmental and ocean issues, and the founding Director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place for education and information exchange on the health of the ocean. Previously President of the South Street Seaport Museum from 1985 to 2005, he was tenured as a research associate at the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine in 2015.

Biography

Peter Neill graduated from St. Paul's School in 1959 and Stanford University in 1963 with bachelor's degree. After enrolling the US Army between 1964 and 1966, in 1969 he finished the University of Iowa Writers Workshop with MFA. as the past President of the Council of American Maritime Museums and of the International Congress of Maritime Museums, During his time at the South Street Seaport Museum, he devoted a third of the museum's budget to the New York City schools, Neill is a co-founder of two innovative public high schools, the Sound School in New Haven, Connecticut, and The Harbor School, New York, NY. They developed context for teaching and learning to apply maritime history and environment. He also contributes regularly for a blog on the Huffington Post. His contributions were published in Smithsonian, The New York Times, WoodenBoat, and other publications.

Books Authored

Reprint of "A Time Piece" (1970), "Mock Turtle Soup" (1972), and "Acoma" (1978.)

Co-authored and edited